Born in San Francisco, Len Carella grew up surrounded by the Bay Area's natural landscapes, architecture, and Japanese visual culture. He began working in ceramics at Parsons in New York City in 1998, midway through a twenty-year career in design. For nearly three decades, Carella has explored the possibilities of high-fire ceramics, creating functional objects, sculptures, and site-specific works. Meticulously constructed by hand in porcelain and stoneware, his sculptural forms investigate scale, shape, balance, construction, and proportion.

Swedish-born ceramic artist Malinda Reich creates wheel-thrown and hand-built sculptures and vessels in stoneware and porcelain. Drawing from her background in textile design, Reich approaches clay with a sensitivity to texture, pattern, and color. Her deliberate, layered process incorporates intricate carving, painting, and multiple glaze applications, often requiring several firings to achieve depth and richness of color. The resulting surfaces interact with light and shadow, revealing the intricate details and tactile qualities of each one-of-a-kind piece.